On Sat, Nov 24, 2018, 10:27 Mariano Martinez Peck <marianop...@gmail.com wrote:
> > > On Sat, Nov 24, 2018 at 9:54 AM horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> All of these are good ideas. But they deviate from my vision. At any >> rate, my >> competition idea was a big hit in Salta, and I am committed to moving >> forward with it. >> >> Since nobody has stepped up to the plate, David Buck will try to find time >> to code the competition. However, progress will be slow because of his >> busy >> schedule. >> >> And since David is not familiar with Pharo, we'll have to do the >> competition >> in VisualWorks, after all. Perhaps in the next edition of the James >> Robertson Memorial Programming Competition (hopefully in 2021 for the >> United >> States), someone will port the VisualWorks code over to Pharo (hint, >> hint). >> >> > Hi Richard, > > Please note that for the people that put the money might not be the same > doing it in a commercial Smalltalk rather than an open-source one. > Sure, most commercial Smalltalks do offer open source licenses, but that's > not the same as being an open source Smalltalk. So, I don't know what did > you promise for the competition, but if it was with Pharo, it may be they > only want Pharo or at least an open source Smalltalk. > I think, from GemTalk's perspective, we would *prefer* an open product like Pharo. But, the most important consideration is that the competition be successful. > Best, > > -- > Mariano > https://twitter.com/MartinezPeck > http://marianopeck.wordpress.com >
